[tlhIngan Hol] prefix trick formal or informal

[De'vID]

On Fri., Jul. 1, 2022, 14:05 D qunen'oS, <mihkoun at gmail.com> wrote:

> Does it make sense to wonder whether the prefix trick is to be used in
> less formal occasions, than the "full form" of the sentence?
>
> For example, in a religious ceremony comes a point where one needs to say
> to the other "and now I give you the knife".
>

{tIqwIj Sa'angnIS} is a sacred phrase said during the Rite of Ascension,
which symbolises the attainment of a certain spiritual level. I think it
qualifies as a "religious ceremony". See TKW p.203.

-- 
De'vID

>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.kli.org/pipermail/tlhingan-hol-kli.org/attachments/20220701/378ef0d9/attachment-0002.htm>